SAN FRANCISCO, November 21, 2016 – Making sure students are evaluated is a major responsibility for school districts, and is a key milestone in getting students the special education services they need. Chronic national shortages and other obstacles—including seasonal spikes in student evaluation referrals—can greatly slow the process. In an effort to deliver psychoeducational assessments to students in a more timely manner, PresenceLearning—the leading provider of live, online special education related services—conducted an equivalency study to understand the outcomes of online delivery of the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) Woodcock-Johnson® IV (WJ IV) Cognitive and Achievement batteries.

The white paper provides an overview of why school districts struggle to keep up with the volume of psychoeducational assessments required, and how this scenario affects practitioners, students, and school districts as a whole. The paper goes on to document how online psychoeducational assessments are conducted and describes in detail why they can benefit practitioners, students, and districts. Finally, the white paper summarizes the research methods behind—and the results of—PresenceLearning’s WJ IV equivalency study with HMH, and explains what the results mean for the future of online psychoeducational assessments.

To learn more about PresenceLearning’s online psychoeducational assessments, watch this video explaining how it works. Schools can request more information here, or by emailing schools@presencelearning.com.